March 3, 2021 – The Globe and Mail

COVID-19 hit long-term care homes harder in second wave

By: Karen Howlett

Samir Sinha, the director of health policy research at the NIA and co-author of the report, said the province fared so poorly during the first wave because it had an earlier spring break, which sent thousands of Quebeckers on overseas trips just as the worldwide health crisis erupted.